Articles
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Education, Culture & the Family
To stop school porn, enact school choice
Schools should be for education, not indoctrination. But for those who want to radically change society, schools are the obvious place to start.Trent England | April 12, 2023
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Budget & Tax, Education
How much it costs to educate a child
In 2022, per-pupil expenses in Oklahoma were $12,967. That means the state determined it costs nearly $13,000 to educate a child every year.Curtis Shelton | April 11, 2023
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Budget & Tax
Tax reform discussion advances in Oklahoma Senate
Saying passage of the bill sets the stage for discussion of broad tax reform, members of an Oklahoma Senate committee have approved legislation that would put the state on the path to eventually reduce the personal income tax to 2.75 percent.Ray Carter | April 11, 2023
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Culture & the Family
Bill aiming to curb sex-trafficking draws pushback
An effort to increase the penalties on individuals who pay prostitutes for sex, informally referred to as “johns,” has run into unexpected resistance.Ray Carter | April 10, 2023
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Law & Principles, Culture & the Family
How to be an effective advocate at the state Capitol
When you are passionate about an issue, you want policymakers to hear your voice. Here are some ways you can effectively communicate your concerns to your legislators.Rick Farmer, Ph.D. | April 10, 2023
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Education
Oklahoma lawmakers call for de-emphasizing MLK in school lessons
Some black Democratic lawmakers say Martin Luther King, Jr. should get less emphasis in proposed instruction in Oklahoma schools with one legislator even dismissing King as “one palatable Black man.”Ray Carter | April 6, 2023
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Budget & Tax
Spotlight on taxes: property tax
Local property taxes are a great example of how, whether you bear the direct burden or not, taxation is felt by everyone.Curtis Shelton | April 5, 2023
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Higher Education, Culture & the Family
OU drag show declared one of nation’s largest
According to officials at the University of Oklahoma, the school’s annual “Crimson & Queens” drag show is not only the “the largest annual drag show in Oklahoma” but also “one of the largest collegiate drag shows in the U.S.”Ray Carter | April 5, 2023
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Law & Principles
Lawmaker’s racial comment draws pushback
A lawmaker dismissed a significant share of the attendees, apparently based on their skin color, at a recent rally at the Oklahoma Capitol that drew hundreds of people from across the state.Ray Carter | April 5, 2023
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Education
Oklahoma Democrats oppose teaching children about civil-rights era
A measure that would require Oklahoma schools to devote time to instruction on the civil-rights struggle from 1954 to 1968, including the strategies employed by Martin Luther King, Jr., has passed out of a Senate committee over the objections of Democrats.Ray Carter | April 4, 2023